Assessment of multifocality and axillary nodal involvement in early-stage breast cancer patients using 18F-FDG PET/CT compared to contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and sentinel node biopsy.
CONCLUSION: For assessment of multifocality in ESBC patients, highly specific results of PET/CT should be taken into account along with DCE-MRI findings. For evaluation of axillary nodal involvement, PET/CT has higher sensitivity, NPV, and accuracy values than DCE-MRI and DWI and may guide a surgical decision to proceed or not to SNB or ALND.
PMID: 25013091 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Radiologica - Category: Radiology Authors: Ergul N, Kadioglu H, Yildiz S, Yucel SB, Gucin Z, Erdogan EB, Aydin M, Muslumanoglu M Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research
More News: Breast Cancer | Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | CT Scan | Mastectomy | MRI Scan | PET Scan | Radiology